The indiscriminate shooting of South African mine workers protesting over poor conditions and wages was a step back to the days of apartheid. Admittedly, some of the workers were armed, albeit with spears and machetes. To shoot thirty of them was barbarous in the extreme. The BBC news story this morning is laying the blame solely at the feet of the workers. No surprise there. No attempt to actually investigate the incident, just spouting the official line. They really are a disgrace to the name journalism. It will be interesting to see what action is taken over this.
I have been doing a bit of research into the Russian female punk band Pussy Riot case. My opinion is that the whole thing is a huge publicity stunt. I have tried to watch a couple of videos on youtube and they are absolutely appalling. To a certain extent the stunt has worked because the bands music sales have soared throughout the world. The down side is that some of them could be going to jail. I think they should all be going to jail, not for what they did, but for inflicting their so called music on to us.
On a lighter note, IKEA are planning to open a chain of budget hotels. I can just imagine booking in at reception and being handed a flat pack and being told to build your room yourself. Perish the thought. Till next time.
2 comments:
I';m surprised Putin would do something that in the short run and the long run is going to invalidate his claim to moral leadership in the new era. Bad move politically and historiclly Putin. If you had done nothing wqe probably would never havbe heard of this mediocre band.
I think you hit on something there Dosti. I hadn't taken into consideration that there might have been a political motive. If there was then Putin certainly took the bait. a mistake on his part. Thanks for the comment.
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